Right ascension 00 09 53.4 Redshift 0.015231 Apparent magnitude (V) 11,9 mag | Declination +25° 55′ 27″ Helio radial velocity 4566 ± 2 km/s Constellation Pegasus | |
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Distance 193 ± 14.6 Mly
(59.2 ± 4.5 Mpc) Similar William Herschel discoveries, Other celestial objects | ||
NGC 23 is a spiral galaxy located in the Pegasus constellation.
In the Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook, the visual appearance of NGC 23 is described as follows:
Bright, extended ellipse; a bright nuclear structure is noticeably elongated; two weak spiral enhancements emerge from opposite sides of the nucleus, one curving towards a bright star attached on the south end. The galaxy is likely interacting with NGC 9.
References
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